jevons

What does jevons mean?

jevons means "English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)".

How many syllables are in jevons?

jevons has 2 syllables and divides as je-vons under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for jevons?

Close synonyms include William Stanley Jevons. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jevons a common word?

jevons is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for jevons come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.